Resume checking software has repelled millions of talented job seekers

Many companies have installed automatic resume checking software to screen job seekers. However, Harvard Business School points out that software screening has not been very successful, making it difficult for talented workers to get jobs.

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Automated hiring software is mistakenly rejecting millions of viable job candidates --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/6/22659225/automated-hiring-software-rejecting-viable-candidates-harvard-business-school

The automatic check of resumes is used to sort out 'good job seekers' or 'bad job seekers', but according to a report from Harvard Business School, there are many cases where it is not well sorted. ..

For example, if there is a 6-month gap in your work history, whether it is due to pregnancy or childbirth, whether you were caring for your family, or if you just couldn't find another job in the recession, it's uniform. It seems that there is a system that rejects it.

In addition, as an example where the job and the job seeker did not match well, there was a case where a person who had 'experience in computer programming' was hired in the resume for 'the job of inputting patient data', and a retail store When recruiting clerk, there is an example that people who did not write 'floor cleaning' as a skill did not hire even if multiple desired conditions were met.

By greatly increased the applicants number for a job in the past 10 years, introduced the case of resume-checking software is widespread in the United States in the already introduced 75% of companies, it is the total revenue-level companies ranking among them ' Fortune It is said that 99% of the companies ranked in ' 500' have introduced it. In addition, the recruitment system market is expanding, and it is predicted that the actual result in 2017 will be 1.75 billion dollars (about 190 billion yen), and in 2025 it will be 3.1 billion dollars (about 340 billion yen).

According to a Harvard Business School survey, 9 out of 10 business owners are aware that talented job seekers have been repelled, and some are looking for alternative hiring methods. There are also managers.